Nativity with Shepherds
Catalog no.
0243
Year
1980
Subject
Mythology
Media
Oil and Acrylics /
Acrylic on board
Size (H x W)
26 x 26 inches
Availability
Gifted, Not for sale
More geometrical shapes are worked throughout the figures and the background. Related in composition to the Mosaic 0234, "Adoration of the Shepherds", and there is a preparatory work (unfinished).
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